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HE SNOW MA 


AND OTHER STORIES 


BASED ON THE TALES IN THE FAIRY BOOKS 
EDITED BY 

ANDREW LANG 





NEW YORK 

LONGMANS, GEEEN, AND CO. 

91 and 93 FIFTH AVENUE 

1903 






THE SNOW MAN 


•‘How cold it is” said the Snow 
Man. 

“ The wind will kill me! 

“How that red thing up there 
does stare at me ! ” 

It was the sun. 

The poor Snow Man had two 
bits of slate for his eyes, and he 
had an old rake in his mouth for 
teeth. 

The boys had fine fun when 
they made him. 

The sun went down, and the 
moon rose high in the dark blue 
sky. 


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THE SNOW MAN 


“There it is again on the other 
side,” said the Snow Man. 

He did not know it was the 
moon. 

“I hope it will stay with me, so 
that I may see how pretty I am. 

“ I do wish I could move about. 

“ I should like to slide on the 
ice, there, as the boys do.” 

“ Bow, wow ! ” said the dog, 
“the sun will soon teach you to 
run and slide.” 

“ Thank you,” said the Snow 
Man. “Will that thing up there 
teach me to run and slide ? ” 

“Yes, he will,” said the dog. 

“ Well, it can run fast, for I 
saw it just now over there on 
that side, and now it is here on 
this side.” 


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THE SNOW MAN 


“Why, you are silly,” said the 
dog 5 “ you do not know anything, 
for the boys have only just made 
you. 

“The thing you see up there 
in the sky is the moon. 

“ The other thing you saw over 
there was the sun. 

“He will make you run when 
he shines on you.” 

“ I do not know what you 
mean,” said the Snow Man. 

“ Bow, wow! ” said the dog. 
And then he ran home. 

The next day when the sun 
rose, the sight was beautiful, all 
the trees looked white. 

“ Is it not a pretty sight! ” said 
a little girl, as she looked out of 
her window. 


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“ And is not the Snow Man a 
beauty! ” she said. 

“ Who is that little girl ? ” said 
the Snow Man to the dog, who 
had come again. 

“ How very little yon know ! ” 
said the dog. 

“ The cold is nice,” said the 
Snow Man. “Little Hog, do tell 
me all the news.” 

“ Bow, wow! ” said the dog. 

The next day was much warmer, 
and very soon the poor Snow Man 
went down, down and never said a 
word. 

Soon he was quite gone. 

“ Poor man! ” said the dog. 
“I am sorry for him.” 

Before long the spring time 
came, and with it the birds and 


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THE SNOW MAN 


the flowers. No one thought of 
the poor Snow Man. 

And the little girl sang:— 

“ Woods, your nice green dress put on! 
Willows, yonr woolly gloves put on! 

Lark and Cuckoo, gaily sing, 

February has brought us Spring! 

My heart joins in your song so sweet. 

Come out, dear Sun, the world to greet.” 


THE WOLF AND THE FOX 


There was a man and his wife 
who had an old cat and an old 
dog. 

One day the man, Tim, said to 
his wife, Sue, “We will not keep 
our old cat any longer. 

“She never catches mice, and 
so she is of no use to us. I will 
kill her.” 

But his wife said, “ Do not do 
so; I am sure she will kill the 
mice.” 

“No, no,” said Tim, “she will 
not. The next time I see her I 
will put her in the water tub.” 


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THE WOLF AND THE FOX 


Sue felt very sad, and so did 
the poor cat, for she had heard 
every word. 

When Tim went olf to his work 
the cat said, u Mew, mew! ” 

Sne felt very sorry for her, so 
she gave the cat some milk, and 
told her to run for her life, and 
to get far away. 

So the cat ran away as fast as 
she could into the wood. 

“ So much the better for her,” 
said Tim, when his wife told him 
the cat had run away. 

“And now we have got rid of 
her, we must get rid of the old 
dog too. 

“ The best thing I can do 
with him is to hang him,” said 
Tim. 


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“ I can see a large army, and 
one of them has a very big 
gun.” 

This was the cat coming along 
with her tail standing up. 

It was very hot, and the bear 
said, “They will not be here for 
a long time, so I will just curl 
myself up in the fork of this tree 
and have a nap.” 

Then the wolf lay down under 
the oak tree, and the wild boar 
covered himself with some straw, 
so that nothing was seen of him 
but one ear. 

And while they were asleep the 
fox, the cat, and the dog came to 
the place. 

When the cat saw the wild 
boar’s ear, she sprang upon it 


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thinking it was a mouse in the 
straw. 

The wild boar got up in a great 
fright and ran away. 



But the cat was more afraid 
than the wild boar, so she sprang 
up into the fork of the tree, right 









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into the bear’s face, for she did 
not see him. 

Now the bear was so much 
afraid, that he fell down on the 
top of the wolf, and killed 
him. 

On their way home from the 
war, the fox caught a lot of 
mice. 

When they got home to the 
house, the fox put all the mice 
on the door step, and said to the 
cat:— 

“ Go and take one mouse after 
the other and lay them down at 
your master’s feet.” 

“All right,” said the cat. And 
she did as the fox told her. 

When Sue saw this, she said, 
“See, here is our old cat back 


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THE WOLF AND THE FOX 


again. Look what a lot of mice 
she has caught.” 

“ Well, well,” said Tim, “1 never 
thought the old cat would ever 
catch another mouse.” 

And Sue said, “ There, you see, 
I always said our old cat was 
a good one.” 

The fox said to the dog, “Your 
master has just killed a pig. 

“When it gets a little darker 
you must go into the yard and 
bark with all your might.” 

As soon as it greiv darker the 
dog began to bark with all his 
might. 

Sue said to Tim, “ Our dog must 
have come back; I hear him bark¬ 
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may be stealing our pork,” but 
Tim would not go into the yard. 
He said that he was too tired. 

The next day Sue got up early. 
She thought she would go and see 
her aunt, and take her a bit of 
pork. 

But when she went into the 
pantry, she found that it was all 
gone. 

She said to Tim, “You see I was 
right. Some one has stolen all 
our pork.” 

The fox had stolen the pork and 
taken it away. 

Was he not a sly old fellow? 


THE RAT CATCHER 


A very long time ago, in a 
country far away, there was a 
town which was full of rats. 

Some were black, some were 
white, some were brown and some 
were gray. 

They ran about the streets and 
in and out of the houses by day 
and by night. 

The people could not put a 
hand or foot down without touch¬ 
ing one. 

They ate up all the food in the 
town. 

Ao cats, nor dogs, nor traps 


THE RAT CATCHER 


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could rid the town of these 
rats. 

The more they killed, the more 
there came. 

One day there came to the 
town such a funny man, with a 
long, long nose. 

He had a pipe on which he 
played a pretty tune, and he sang 
a pretty song. 

This funny man had very small, 
black eyes, and he wore a large 
felt hat with a red feather in it. 

He also wore a green jacket, a 
leather belt, red breeches, and on 
his feet old leather shoes. 

He stood in the market-place and 
sang:— 


“ Who lives shall see, 
This is he, 

The Eat Catcher.” 


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THE RAT CATCHER 



The funny man said, if the 
people would pay him well he 


would soon send all the rats 
away. 








THE RAT CATCHER 


21 


The people told the funny-, man 
to send all the rats away, and 
they would pay him well. 

When the moon rose up that 
night, over the hill, the funny 
man began to play on his pipe, 
and to sing his pretty song:— 

“ Who lives shall see, 

This is he, 

The Rat Catcher.” 


Then all the rats in the town 
came out and ran after him. 

The funny man went down to 
the river with the rats, and lie 
said to them:— 

“Hop, hop, my little rats.” 

And every one of them hopped 
into the river. 

Now when the Rat Catcher 


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THE RAT CATCHER 


came back to the market-place 
for his money, he said:— 

“All your rats are dead. Not 
one of them will come back. Give 
me my money.” 

But they would not give him 
his money. They only laughed. 

The funny man was very angry, 
and he said, “ If you do not give 
me my money, you will be sorry 
for it.” 

That night when the people 
went back to their homes, there 
was not a child to be found. 

u Where are our little ones ? ” 
the mothers cried. 

And this is what they were told. 

As soon as the Rat Catcher 
came out of the market-place, he 
began to play on his pipe. 


THE &AT CATCHER 


Then all the little boys and all 
the little girls came out of their 
houses, and ran after him. 



What had become of these poor 
little ones? No one could tell. 

The Rat Catcher had taken 
them far away to a country over 
the sea. 








THE THREE LITTLE PIGS 


A pig once lived with her three 


little baby pigs in a nice little 
house, in the yard. 

The eldest pig was called 
Browny 


The second pig was called 

Wllfty.- : 


And the third and best pig was 
called Blacky. 

Aow Browny was a very dirty 
little pig, and I am sorry to say he 
spent most of his time in the mud. 

Browny was happy on a wet 
day, when the mud in the yard 
was soft and thick. 


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“ So I will give yon each a little 
house of your own. 

“ This dear old sty will be the 
home of a new set of little 
pigs. 

“Now, Browny, dear,” said the 
mother, “what kind of a house 
would you like to have ? ” 

“ A house of mud, mother dear,” 
said Browny. 

“And you, Whitey?” said the 
mother pig in a sad voice, for she 
was so sorry to hear Browny say 
he wanted a house of mud. 

“ I would like a house of cab¬ 
bage, mother, dear,” said Whitey, 
with her mouth full. 

“ Oh ! dear! dear ! ” said the 
mother, “ how sorry I am to hear 
you say this, Whitey. 


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THE THREE LITTLE PIGS 


“ And you, my dear Blacky, 
what kind of a house would you 
like?” said the mother to her 
baby pig. 

“ I would like a house of brick, 
mother, dear,” said Blacky, “where 
I can be safe and warm all the 
year ” 

“ What a dear, good, little pig 
you are, Blacky,” said the mother. 
“ I will see that your three little 
houses are got ready at once. 

“Now, my dear little pigs, you 
must beware of the fox. 

“When he hears that I am dead, 
he will be sure to try and catch 
you, and he will carry you olf to 
his den. 

“He is very sly, and you must 
not trust him.” 


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So the little pigs said, “Mother 
dear, do not fret about us. We 
will see that the fox does not 
catch us nor carry us off to his 
den.” 

Soon after this the poor old 
mother pig died, and the three 
little pigs went to live in their 
new houses. 

Browny was much pleased with 
his house of mud. It was just 
like a big mud pie, and he was so 
dirty and happy in it. 

One day a little small voice 
said:— 

“May I come in, Mr. Browny? 
I want to see your new house.” 

“ Who are you ? ” said Browny, 
in a great fright; he was sure it 
was the fox. 


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THE THREE LITTLE PIGS 


“ I have come to see you/’ said 
the voice. 

“No! no!” said Browny, “yon 
are the fox, I am sure. I will 
not let you in.” 

“Ah!” said Mr. Fox, “we will 
see about that.” 

The fox soon made a hole in 
the mud with his paws, and ran 
off with poor Browny to his den. 

The next day the fox went to 
see Whitey, and said in his little 
wee voice, “May I come in, Miss 
Whitey?” 

“ Who are you ? ” said Whitey. 

“I have come to see you,” said 
the fox, “and I should like to take 
dinner with you.” 

“ Go away,” said Whitey, “ I 
am sure you are the fox.” 


THE THREE LITTLE PIGS 


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But, alas! it was too late, the 
fox ate his way through the cab¬ 



bage into the house, and took 
Whitey off to his den. 

The day after that he went to 
Blacky’s house, for he had made 

















THE THREE LITTLE PIGS 


up his mind he would have all 
three of the little pigs. 

Mr. Fox gave a loud knock at 
the door and said:— 

“ Oh! Mr. Blacky, do let me 
in, here are sofcie nice eggs for 
you.” 

“No! no! you bad fox,” said 
Blacky, “ go away, I will not let 
you in. 

“You have taken off my poor 
little brother and sister; but you 
shall not have me.” 

“"We will see about that,” said 
the fox, and he began to bang at 
the door, with all his might. 

But it was of no use, the fox 
could not get in, because the house 
was made of bricks. 

“Never mind, Mr. Blacky,” said 


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the fox, “I will have you some 
day.” 

Next day Blacky went to mar¬ 
ket and bought a big gun. 

When he got home he locked 
the door and waited for Mr. Fox. 

Just then Mr. Fox came very 
softly to the door. Blacky opened 
it and shot the fox through the 
head, and killed him. 

Then Blacky ran off to the den 
of the fox and set free his little 
brother and sister, Browny and 
Whitey. 

Poor little pigs! they were so 
full of joy when they saw Blacky. 
They thought it was the fox who 
had come back to eat them up. 


THE FISHERMAN AND HIS 
WIFE 


Thebe was once a man and his 
wife: they lived in a little hut 
near to the sea. 

The man went down to the sea 
every day to fish, and he would 
fish and fish and fish. 

He used to sit with his rod 
and look into the water and think. 

How one day his line went 
down a long way under the water, 
and he caught a very big flat 
fish. 

The flat fish said, “Listen to 
me, my good man, I pray you 


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let me go, I am not a real fish, 
I am a fairy prince. 

“ What good will it do you, if 



you kill me ? I shall not taste 
well. 

“Put me back again into the 
water, and let me swim away.” 

“Well,” said the man, “I am 
sure I do not want a fish that 





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THE FISHERMAN AND HIS WIFE 


can talk ; swim away Fairy, 
Prince.” 

With these words he put him 
back again into the water, and the 
fish swam away. 

Then the man got up and went 
home to his wife in the hut. 

“ My dear,” said his wife, “ have 
you caught any fish to-day ? ” 

“ No!” said the man. “1 caught 
a large flat fish, but he said he 
was a fairy prince, so I let him 
swim away again.” 

“ Did you not ask the fairy 
prince for anything ? ” said his 
wife. 

“No!” said the man. “What 
would you have me ask of him?” 

“ Ah! ” said the wife, “ it is sad 
to have to live in this little hut 


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all our lives. You should have 
asked the fairy prince for a cot¬ 
tage. 

u Go now and call to him, and 



“DID YOU NOT ASK THE FAIRY PRINCE FOR ANYTHING?” SAID 
•* ms WIFE 


ask him to give us a little cot¬ 
tage, and I am sure if he is a 
fairy prince he will give it to us.” 

















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THE FISHERMAN AND HIS WIFE 


The man did not like to go 
down there againbut to please 
his wife he went down to the sea. 

When he got there, the sea did 
not not look as it did when he 
had left it; it was quite green. 

So he stood on the shore, and 
said, “ Come here, Fairy Prince, I 
want to speak to you:” 

And the big flat fish swam up 
to him and said, “What do you 
want of me ? ” 

“ My wife is tired of living in 
our little liut. She would like to 
have a pretty little cottage to live 
in.” 

“ Gro home, my man, and tell 
your wife she may have one.” 

“Thank you, Prince,” said the 
man. 


THE FISHERMAN AND HIS WIFE 


39 


So the man went home to his 
wife, and found her sitting, not in 
the little hut where he had left 
her, hut in a very pretty little 
cottage, with roses all over it. 

She took him by the hand and 
said to him, 11 Is not this a pretty 
cottage ? Look at the pretty roses 
on it.” 

When they went into the cot¬ 
tage they found a tiny hall, a 
pretty little sitting room, a bed¬ 
room with a nice bed in it, a 
kitchen and a dining room and 
everything they wanted for their 
use. 

Outside was a little yard in 
which were chickens and ducks 
and a little garden full of flow¬ 
ers. 


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THE FISHERMAN AND HIS WIFE 


v Now,” said the wife, “ is not 
this nice? We shall be happy 
here.” 

And the man said, “We will 
see about that.” 

So they had supper and went 
to bed. 

All went well for two or three 
weeks, when the wife said, “ This 
cottage is much too small for us, 
and so is the yard and garden. I 
should like to live in a big stone 
house. 

“ do and ask the fairy prince 
to give us a big stone house.” 

“Ah, wife,” said the man, “the 
cottage is so nice to live in, why 
do you want a big stone house ? 

“I do not like to go to the 
prince again, he might be cross.” 


THE FISHERMAN AND HIS WIFE 


41 


u Go,” said his wife, “ lie is so 
kind, lie will give it us at once.” 

The man did not like to go, 
for he said it was not right; but 
yef he went. 

When he came down to the sea, 
he called to the prince and said, 
“Fairy Prince, my wife is tired 
of the cottage, she wants to live 
in a big stone house.” 

“ Go home,” said the fairy prince, 
“ she may have one.” 

“Thank you, Prince,” said the 
man. 

When he went home he found 
the cottage had turned into a big 
stone house. There were a lot 
of servants in it and nice rooms 
all full of pretty things. 

The best food was set before 


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THE FISHERMAN AND HIS WIFE 


them—cakes and jam. Outside 
the house there was a yard with 
a shed, and horses, coaches, and 
cows in it * lovely gardens filled 



with flowers and fruit, and in the 
park were deer and hares, and 
everything one could wish for. 

“Now,” said the wife, “is not 
















THE FISHERMAN AND HIS WIFE 


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“Yes,” said his wife. “Now I 
am king, we shall be happy.” 

“We will see about that,” said 
the Man. 

But she was not happy yet. 
Next day she wanted to be more 
than king. 

The man went down to the 
sea again, but the water was as 
black as ink, and he said to the 
prince, “ My wife is not happy 
yet.” 

“What does she want now?” 
said the fairy prince. 

“ She wants to be more than 
king,” said the man. 

Then the wind began to blow, 
a great storm came up, and it 
was quite dark; the sea was toss¬ 
ing in great high waves, and each 


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THE FISHERMAN AND HIS WIFE 


wave had a white crest of foam 
upon it. 

“Go home now,” said the fairy 



prince, “ I have sent you back to 
your little hut.” 

And they are there to this 
day. 





THE THREE BEARS 


Ojstce on a time, there were three 
bears. 

They lived in a nice little 
house, in a big wood. 

One of them was a little wee 
baby bear. 

The next one was a bigger bear; 
she was the mother. 

The third one was a very big 
bear; he was the father. 

The little wee baby bear had 
a very small weak voice. 

The mother bear had a louder 
voice. 

But the father bear had a very 
big, loud voice. 


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THE THREE BEARS 


These three bears had nice soup 
for dinner every day. 

The little baby bear had a 
small plate of soup. 

The mother bear had a bigger 
plate of soup. 

But the father bear had a big, 
big plate of soup. 

The bears ate bread with their 
soup. 

Now these bears had each a 
chair to sit in. 

Baby bear had a very little 
chair. 

Mother bear had a bigger 
chair. 

And father bear had a big, big 
chair. 

They had also, each one of 
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HER MOTHER SAID TO HER, ‘ MARY, YOU MUST NOT GO NEAR THE WOOD.* ” 


















































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Baby bear had a little wee bed. 

Mother bear had a bigger bed. 

But the father bear had a very 
big bed. 

One day, when they had made 
their soup for dinner, it was so 
hot that father bear said, “ My 
dears, we will take a little walk in 
the wood, to let our soup copl. 
I do not want you to burn your 
mouths. 

“We shall not go far, so we 
need not lock the door. No one 
will come to see us to-day.” 

Now there lived near the wood 
a little girl named Mary. Her 
mother said to her, “Mary, you 
must not go near the wood, as 
three bears live there, and they 
might kill you.” 


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THE THREE BEARS 


Mary said, “No, mother dear, I 
will not play near the wood.” 

Mary was not a good little girl, 
as you will see, so one day she ran 
right into the wood to play. 

When she saw the house where 
the bears lived, she said to her¬ 
self, “What a pretty little house 
this is”—she did not know it was 
the bears’ house— ; “ I will just step 
inside and look at it.” 

But first she looked through the 
keyhole. “There is no one in,” 
she said. 

So she lifted the latch very soft¬ 
ly, and stepped into the house. 

When Mary saw the soup on 
the table she was very glad, and 
said, “ How nice it smells; I will 
taste it,” 


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She first took some of the Mg 
bear’s soup. “Oh! dear/’ she said, 
“this is hot, it has burned my 
mouth.” 

Then she took some of the 
mother bear’s soup, and that had 
too much salt in it. 

After that she took some of the 
baby bear’s soup, and that was so 
good that she ate it all. 

Then the little girl said, “I am 
so tired, I will rest in one of these 
pretty chairs.” 

First she sat in the big father 
bear’s chair, but that was so high 
she could not rest her feet on the 
floor. 

If ext she sat in the mother 
bear’s chair, but that was too low 
for her. 


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THE THREE BEARS 


Then she said, “ I will sit in this 
dear little chair,” and it was so 
soft and nice, and she sat in it so 



FIRST SHE SAT IN THE BIG FATHER BEAR’S CHATR 

long, that the seat fell out upon 
the floor. 

“ I do not care,” said this bad 
little girl, u I will go upstairs, and 
see what it is like up there.” 





































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This was the bears’ bed-room, 
in which they slept. 

There were three beds in it. 
One for father bear, one for 
mother bear, and a little wee bed 
for the baby bear. 

Mary lay down on the big bed 
of the father bear, but that was 
very hard and high. 

So then she lay down on the 
bed of the mother bear, but that 
was too soft. 

Next she lay down on the bed 
of the little baby bear, and that 
was so very nice that she fell fast 
asleep in it. 

After a little time the bears 
came home from their walk. 

The big bear said in his big 


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THE THREE BEARS 


loud voice, “Some one has been at 
my soup.” 

And the mother bear said, 
“ Some one has been at my soup.” 

Baby bear said, “Some one has 
been at my soup, and has eaten 
it all up.” And he began to cry. 

But the father bear said, “ Nev¬ 
er mind, baby, dear, I will lind 
out who it is, and I will beat him 
well, with my big stick.” 

Upon this the bears began to 
look about the house. 

The big father bear said, “ Some 
one has been sitting in my chair.” 

Mother bear said, “And some 
one has been sitting in my chair.” 

Baby bear said, “Some one has 
been sitting in my chair, and has 
broken it.” And then he began 


THE THREE BEARS 


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to cry again. And the father bear 
and the mother bear began to 
growl with their loud voices. 

Now they went upstairs and 
father bear said, “ Some one has 
been on my bed.” 



Mother bear said, “ Some one has 
been on my bed.” 

Baby bear said, “ Some one has 
been on my bed, and here she 
is.” 

The bears now growled louder 









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THE THREE BEARS 


and louder, and they ran down 
stairs for their big sticks, that they 
might beat Mary with them. And 
they said, “We will beat her well. 
We will teach her not to come 
into our house again when we go 
out for a short walk.” 

But Mary awoke with the noise, 
and she felt sure it was the bears 
that her mother had often told her 
of. 

She looked around the room, 
and saw that the window was 
open, and that it was a very low 
one, so she ran to it, jumped out, 
and fell down on the grass, but 
she did not hurt herself very 
much. 

Mary ran home to her mother 
as fast as she could, and the bears 


THE KIND BEASTS 


Ojtce on a time there were three 
princes. They lived with their 
stepsister. She was not a kind 
sister. 

One day they all set out to 
hunt in the wood. 

When they had gone a little 
way, they saw a big gray wolf, 
and she had with her three little 
baby cubs. 

Just as the princes were going 
to shoot the big gray wolf, she 
said, “Do not shoot me, and I 
will give each of you one of my 
dear little baby cubs. 


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“You will find it a very true 
and kind friend when you are in 
need of one.” 

So the princes went on their 



ONE DAY THEY ALL SET OUT TO HUNT IN THE WOOD 


way, through the wood, and a lit¬ 
tle wolf ran after each of them. 

Soon after that, they met a 
lioness, with her three little baby 





THE KIND BEASTS 


61 


cubs, and she too said, “ Do not 
shoot me, and I will give you 
each one of my baby cubs.” 

Next the princes met a fox, 
with her three little baby cubs, 
and just as they were going to 
shoot her, the fox said, “ Do not 
shoot me, and I will give you each 
one ' of my baby cubs.” 

And so said the hare, the boar 
and the bear. 

And so the three princes had 
each of them six little beasts be¬ 
hind him. 

Soon it began to grow dark. 
The three princes made up their 
minds to go each his own way, so 
they said to their stepsister:— 

“Which of us would you like 
to go with?” And she said, “I 


62 


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will go with my eldest broth¬ 
er.” 

Then the princes parted and said 
“Good night” to each other, and 
each one went his own way, and 
the little beasts ran after them. 

The eldest prince and his step¬ 
sister had not gone far when they 
saw a house. It was a fine, large 
house, with bright lights in every 
room. They knew that in this 
house there lived a band of rob¬ 
bers. 

But the prince was a very brave 
prince, so he went up to the front 
door, and gave a loud knock. 

As soon as the door was opened, 
the little beasts rushed in, and 
killed the robbers, and threw them 
down into the cellar. 


THE KIND BEASTS 63 

Xow one of the robbers was 
not quite dead, but lie was very 



HE WENT UP TO THE FRONT DOOR AND GAVE A LOUD KNOCK; 

much hurt. He lay quite still, 
so that the prince and his step- 












































































































































































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THE KIND BEASTS 


sister thought they were all 
dead. 

Then the prince and his step¬ 
sister went into the house and 
lived there. 

The next day the prince went 
out again to hunt in the wood. 
He said to his sister, before he 
went, “Be sure you do not go 
down into the cellar while I am 
away.” The stepsister said she 
would not do so. 

But as soon as the prince went 
out, the stepsister went down into 
the cellar. 

As soon as she went in, the 
robber, who was not killed, sat 
up, and said to her:— 

“ Do what I tell you, and I will 
be kind to you and help you. I 


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65 


will give you lots of silver and 
gold, and pretty ribbons and laces, 
and you shall be very rich and 
happy. 

“ When your brother comes back 
from the hunt with his beasts, go 
to him and say:— 

“ ‘Brother, you are very strong. 
If I were to tie your hands be¬ 
hind you with a strong cord, could 
you get free ? ’ And when you 
have done so, call me.” 

When the brother came home, 
his stepsister did as the robber 
had told her. 

But the brother was very strong, 
and he soon set himself free; and 
said to her:— 

“Sister, that cord is not strong 
enough to bind me.” 


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THE KIND BEASTS 


The next day the prince went 
out again to hunt in the wood 
with his beasts. The stepsister 
went down into the cellar to see 



“ YOU MUST BIND YOUR BROTHER’S HANDS WITH A MUCH 
STRONGER COKD ” 


the robber, as soon as her brother 
had gone. 

The robber said to her, u You 
must bind your brother’s hands 
with a much stronger cord.” 
















THE KIND BEASTS 


67 


She did so, but again her brother 
got free, and he said to her, “ You 
see I am very strong, that cord 
is of no use to bind me.” 

But the third day she took a 
very strong cord, made of silk, 
and she tied her brother’s hands 
very tight behind his back. 

The prince tried with all his 
might to get free, but he could 
not break the cord. 

Then he called to her and said, 
“Sister, this time the cord is so 
strong, I cannot break it. Cut it 
at once, and set me free.” 

But she would not. She called 
the robber out of the cellar, and 
he rushed into the room, with a 
knife in his hand to kill the 
prince. 


THE KIND BEASTS 


“Wait one moment,” said the 
prince, “put my horn in my mouth, 



and let me blow it before I 
die.” 

As soon as the beasts heard the 











THE KIND BEASTS 


69 


horn, they ran to their master to 
help him. 

The lion killed the robber, and 
the fox cut the cord, and set the 
prince free. 

The beasts would have killed 
the stepsister too, but the prince 
called them away. 

The prince said to his step¬ 
sister, 11 You are a bad sister; but 
I will not kill you, I will leave 
you here, all alone. 

“I hope you will be sorry for 
all the unkind things you have 
done to your brothers.” 

Then the prince and his beasts 
set out upon their way. 

When they had gone a short 
distance, the prince said, “ I feel 
very ill and weak, I fear I am 


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THE KIND BEASTS 


71 


going to die. Please bring me a 
cup of water! ” 

The wolf ran as fast as he could 
to a stream, and brought the prince 
a cup of clear water. 

But it was of no use, the poor 
prince was so sick that he died. 
The kind beasts came around his 
body and wept. They were so 
sorry to lose such a good master. 


CHIN CHIN CHINAMAN 


There once lived in a, small town 
in China a man whose name was 
Chin Chin. 

He was a very steady man, and 
worked at his trade from early 
morn till late at night. 

He had to do all the work in 
the house, as well, for he had no 
wife. 

All the people in the town said, 
“What a good man Chin Chin is, 
and how hard he works. 

“ He never takes a holiday, like 
other people.” 

But let me tell you something 
















































































































































































































6 6 


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ALL THE HOYS AND GIRLS MADE SUCH FUN OF HIM. 







































CHIN CHIN CHINAMAN 


75 


work, and he was at his wits’ ends 
to know what to do with it. 

And then all the boys and girls 
made such fun of him. 

And this hurt his feelings very 
much indeed. 

One day, as luck would have it, 
a very wise doctor came to the 
toyrn. 

Chin Chin at once went to see 
if the doctor could cure his face. 

“ But the doctor shook his head, 
and said:— 

“ Mr. Chin Chin, I am afraid you 
have been doing something wrong. 
No drugs of mine will cure 
you. 

“But if you will pay me a lot 
of money, I will tell you how you 
may get well.” 


76 


CHIN CHIN CHINAMAN 


It was a long time before Chin 
Chin and the doctor could agree 
about the money. 

But in the end Chin Chin had 
to part with nearly all he had. 

Then the doctor told Chin Chin 
to go to the wood on the first 
night of the full moon, and to sit 
down under an old oak tree, j 

“ After a time,” said the doctor, 
“ you will see some tiny little peo¬ 
ple. These are the dwarfs. They 
live under the cabbage plants and 
in the flowers. 

“At night when all the people 
are asleep and the moon is full 
in the sky, they dance and play in 
their fairy rings. When they see 
you, they will ask you to dance 
too. 


CHIN CHIN CHINAMAN 


77 


“Mind that you dance your very 
best,” said the doctor. 

“If you dance well and please 
them, they will cure your cheek. 



“But if you do not dance well 
and do not please them, they will 
send you home again, with your 
big cheek.” 















































78 


CHIN CHIN CHINAMAN 


Then the doctor raised his cap 
to Chin Chin, and said, u Good- 
day, Mr. Chin Chin, I hope you 
will soon be better.” 

The first night of the full moon 
came and Chin Chin went out into 
the wood, all by himself. 

And when he saw the big old 
oak tree, he got up into it. 

As soon as he sat down on 
a branch of the tree, he saw 
the little dwarfs in the moon¬ 
light. 

They came out from under every 
leaf and flower. Such a large num¬ 
ber of them! 

They were in high glee, and 
they danced and skipped around 
and round in their fairy rings. 

At last one of the dwarfs looked 


CHIN CHIN CHINAMAN 


79 


up into the oak tree and saw Cliin 
Chin. 

Then he cried, “ Someone is up 
in the oak tree.” 

So they called out, “We see 
you up there. Come down at 
once, or we will come and fetch 
you.” 

Chin Chin was in groat alarm, 
and he began to come down from 
the tree. 

But just then he made a slip, 
and rolled down on the ground 
in front of the dwarfs. 

The dwarf who had first seen 
him, and who was the captain of 
the dwarfs, said:— 

“Now then, my man, who are 
you, and what are you doing 
here ? ” 


80 


CHIN CHIN CHINAMAN 


Chin Chin was shaking with fear. 
So he said:— 

“ Dear little friends, I have got 



CHIN CHIN WAS SHAKING WITH PEAK 


a very big cheek, and I do want 
you to cure it for me.” 

“Well, we will see about that,” 
said the captain. 













CHIN CHIN CHINAMAN 


81 


“First of all you must dance 
before us, and if your dancing 
pleases us, we may be able to 
cure you. 

“ But mind, if your dancing does 
not please us, we will punish you. 

“So do your best and please 
us.” 

With that, all the dwarfs sat 
round in a ring, and left Chin Chin 
in the middle to dance by him¬ 
self. 

Poor Chin Chin felt very weak 
from fright and wanted to get his 
breath. 

But the dwarfs shouted to him, 
“Begin, begin.” 

So Chin Chin began. 

First he hopped on one foot, 
and then on the other. 


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CHIN CHIN CHINAMAN 


But he was so stiff and cold 
that he could not dance. 

The dwarfs were very angry 
when they saw Chin Chin could 
not dance. 

And they shouted at him and 
said:—I 

“Thou hast brought one big 
cheek with thee, thou shalt go 
home with two.” 

And with that they ran off, leav¬ 
ing Chin Chin to find his way 
home as best he could. 

So poor Chin Chin went home, 
feeling very very sad. 

When he rose the next day, he 
saw that his right cheek was as 
big as his left. 

He could not see for his big 
cheeks, and when he went into 


CHIN CHIN CHINAMAN 


83 


the street, the boys and girls 
laughed at him more than 
ever. 

Chin Chin waited for a month, 
till the first night of the full moon 
came round again. 

And then he went to the wood, 
and this time ho sat down under 
the oak tree as the doctor had 
told him to do. 

Ere long the dwarfs came out 
again. 

When Chin Chin saw them he 
came out from under the oak 
tree, and made a low bow to the 
dwarfs. 

But the dwarfs did nothing 
but laugh at Chin Chin’s two 
big cheeks, for he did look very 
funny. 


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CHIN CHIN CHINAMAN 


“What do you want here, my 
funny man?” said the dwarfs. 

Then Chin Chin told the dwarfs 
all his troubles, and how the 
children in the streets made fun 
of his big cheeks. 

And he begged of them to cure 
him, and to let him try once more 
to please them by dancing. 

So the dwarfs felt sorry for Chin 
Chin, and gave their consent to 
this. 

Now Chin Chin began to dance 
his very best. 

And he danced so well and with' 
such grace that the dwarfs were 
well pleased with him. 

They clapped their little hands 
and shouted, “Well done, Chin 
Chin, well done. Go on, dance 


CHIN CHIN CHINAMAN 


85 


more. We are all so pleased with 
you.” 



And Chin Chin danced on and 
on, till he could dance no more. 

Then the captain of the dwarfs 
said:— 












86 


CHIN CHIN CHINAMAN 


“We are well pleased with thee, 
Chin Chin; and as a reward, 
thy face shall be cured. Good- 
by.” 

With these words he and the 
other dwarfs ran away, and were 
soon out -of sight. 

Chin Chin put his hands up to 
his face, and found to his great 
joy that both his cheeks were 
their right size. 

Chin Chin went home to his 
house in high glee; and on his 
way he made up his mind never 
to steal again. 

The next day the whole town 
was full of the news of Chin 
Chin’s cure. 

All his friends wanted to know 
how he had been so lucky. 


CHIN CHIN CHINAMAN 


87 


But Chin Chin would not tell 
them. 

He worked very hard at his 
trade, and at length, with great 
care, he became rich again. 

His money was a great delight 
to him, because he had- made it 
honestly. 

And so Chin Chin ended his 
days in peace and happiness. 


THE TALE OF A DRAKE 


There was once a little drake 
who was very shrewd, or clever, 
as some people say. 

He not only worked hard, but 
he put all the money he made in 
his little money box. 

And so his money grew and 
grew, until at last the little box 
was quite full. 

Now the king did not save his 
money. But he spent it as fast 
as he got it. 

At last the day came when the 
king could not pay his way. 

And when he heard that the 


THE TALE OF A DRAKE 


89 


drake had saved a lot of money, 
he started off to the house of 
this clever bird, to see him. 

When he got there he asked 
the drake to lend him some 
money. 

The drake was not only shrewd, 
but very proud, as you will see. 

So when the king asked the 
drake to lend him some money, 
he felt very proud. 

And he said, “ Oh yes, my 
noble king, I will lend you all my 
money.” 

So the drake brought his little 
box to the king, and lent him all 
his money. 

Then the king said to the drake, 
u Good-day, Mr. Drake, you shall 
soon have your money back again, 


90 


THE TALE OF A DRAKE 


and I will add some more to it 
to repay you for yonr kindness in 
lending it to me.” 

The tdrake waited a year, but 
the king never came to repay the 
money. 

So one fine day the drake 
started out to see the king, to 
ask him for his money. 

On the way to the king’s house 
he sang, “ Quack, quack, quack, 
when shall I get my money 
back?” 

He had not gone very far when 
he met a fox. 

“ Good-day, Mr. Drake,” said the 
fox. “Where are you otf to so 
early in the day.” 

“I am going to see the king, 
to ask him to give me what he 






































































































































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SO THE DRAKE BROUGHT HIS E1TTI.K BOX TO THE KING 































































THE TALE OF A DRAKE 


9i 


owes me,” said the drake, in a 
very grand voice, for lie was so 
proud to tell the fox that he had 
lent his money to the king. 

“ Oh, do take me with you,” 
said the fox, “I should so much 
like to see the king.” 

“Very well, I will,” said the 
drake; for he had a very kind 
heart, “ but you must make your¬ 
self very small, so that I can carry 
you. Jump into my throat.” 

u You are a dear kind friend,” 
said the fox. 

And so he jumped into the 
drake’s throat, and dropped into 
it, just like a letter that is put 
into the Post Office box. 

Then the drake set off again as 
gay as a lark, singing:— 


92 


THE TALE OF A DRAKE 


“ Quack, quack, quack, when 
shall I get my money back?” 

The drake had not gone far 
when he met his old friend, the 
ladder, leaning against a wall. 

“ Good-day, Mr. Drake! ” said 
the ladder, “ where are you olf to 
so early in the day?” 

The drake lifted his head in his 
grand way, and said :— 

“ My dear friend, I am going to 
see the king, and to ask him for 
what he owes me.” 

“Ah, do take me with you, Mr. 
Drake,” said the ladder. “ I long 
to see the king.” 

“Well, well,” said the drake, 
“make yourself very small, and 
jump into my throat.” 

“You dear kind friend,” said the 


THE TALE OF A DRAKE 


93 



TIIE DRAKE MEETING HIS VARIOUS FRIENDS ON HIS JOURNEY TO 

THE KING’S PALACE 






































94 


THE TALE OF A DRAKE 


ladder, and she jumped into the 
drake’s throat. 

So off he set again sing¬ 
ing:— 

“Quack, quack, quack, when 
shall I get my money back?” 

And the drake felt as happy 
as could be. A little way off he 
met another old friend, the river, 
rippling along so gaily in the 
summer sunshine. 

“Where are you going all by 
yourself on this muddy road,” said 
the river. 

Now the drake felt more proud 
than ever, and holding his head 
high in the air he said:— 

“ My dear River, I am going to 
see the king, and ask him for 
what he owes me.” 


THE TALE OF A DRAKE 


95 


“ Oh, do take me with you, Mr. 
Drake. You do not know how 
much I wish to see the king,” 
said the river. 

“Yes, I will, dear River,” said 
the drake, “ if you will make your¬ 
self very small, and if you will 
get into my throat, so that I can 
carry you with ease.” 

“ Many thanks, dear Mr. Drake,” 
said the river. And with a splash 
and a dash and a little care, the 
river jumped into the drake’s 
throat. 

There she sat down between the 
fox and the ladder. 

“ Quack, quack, quack,” sang 
the drake. 

And away he went as merry as 
a /cricket. 


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THE TALE OF A DRAKE 


Soon he met a wasp with his 
nest full of little ones. 

“ Good morning, Mr. Drake,” 
said the wasp. “ Where are you 
going to-day ? ” 

“I am going to see the king 
and ask him for what he owes 
me,” said the drake. 

“ Oh, do take me with you, Mr. 
Drake,” said the wasp. “ I have 
wanted to see the king all my 
life, but have never yet seen 
him.” 

“ All right,” said the drake. 
“Bring all your little ones with 
you, and jump into my throat, so 
that I can carry you with ease.” 

And so the wasp, with his nest 
full of little wasps, got into the 
drake’s throat. 


THE TALE OF A DRAKE 


97 


There was not much room left, 
so they had to sit very closely 
together. 

And off went the drake singing 
his old merry song:— 

“ Quack, quack, quack, when 
shall I get my money back ? ” 
Now very soon he came to the 
king’s house. 

And with a big stride, and with 
his proudest look, he stepped up 
to the king’s gate. 

u Who goes there ? ” said the 
watchman at the gate. 

u It is I, the drake. I wish to 
speak to the king.” 

So the watchman went inside 
to see if the king would see the 
drake. 

a Oh, yes ! to be sure,” said the 


THE TALE OF A DRAKE 


king. Bring him in and put him 
with the hens and chickens in 
the yard.” 



I WISH TO SPEAK 


So the watchman said, “Step 
inside, Mr. Drake. Come this 
way.” . 







































THE TALE OF A DRAKE 


“Now,” said the drake, “I shall 
soon see how people behave at 
court.” 

“ This way, this way, Mr. Drake,” 
said the watchman. “Step on a 
little further. There, there you 
are.” 

“ How! What! in the fowl yard! ” 
said the drake. 

And the drake felt very angry. 

“Ah, so that is it, is it?” said 
the drake. 

“ Wait a while, we shall see if 
the king will treat me in this 
way.” 

“ Quack,' quack, quack,” sang the 
drake; “ when shall I get my 
money back ? ” 

The hens and the chickens did 
not like the new comer; and when 


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100 


THE TALE OF A DRAKE 


they heard him sing, “ Quack, 
quack,” they were very cross. 

“ What is it ? ” 

“ What does he want V : they 
cried. 

And they all ran around him 
to peck at him. 

“ I am lost,” cried the drake. 

And he called upon his friend 
the fox to come out and help 
him. 

So out jumped the fox. 

And he soon made quick work 
with the hens and the chickens. 

For very soon there was not 
one of them left. 

“ Quack, quack, quack, when 
shall I get my money back ? ” 
sang the drake. 

When the king heard the drake’s 


THE TALE OF A DRAKE 


101 


song, lie was very cross, and he 
called his servants, who told him 



that the drake had killed all the 
hens and chickens. 

“Now,” said the king, “take the 
drake and throw him down into 
the well and make an end of him.” 









102 


THE TALE OF A DRAKE 


And then the servants took the 
poor drake and threw him down 
into the well, so that he thought 
he had not long to live. 

But soon he thought of his 
friend, the ladder. And he called 
to her to come and help him. 

At once the ladder jumped out 
of the drake’s throat. And she 
leaned against the side of the 
well. 

And the drake hopped up the 
steps, and out into the yard. 

Then the drake sang louder 
than ever:— 

“ Quack, quack, quack, when 
shall I get my money back?” 

When the king heard the drake 
singing he was very, very cross, 
and he said to his servants:— 


THE TALE OP A DRAKE 


103 


u Did I not tell you to put the 
drake into the well and make an 
end of him ? ” 

And the servants said:— . 

“ My noble King, we did as you 
told us. But it was of no use; 
the drake found his way out of 
the well. We fear we cannot get 
rid of him.” 

“ You must get rid of him,” said 
the king. 

“ Make up a very big fire, and 
throw the drake on to it and burn 
him to death.” 

So the servants did as they 
were told, and made a very big 
fire. 

But as soon as the drake saw 
the fire, he called upon his 
friend the river to come out 


104 


THE TALE OF A DRAKE 


of his throat and put out the 
fire. 

The river came out of the 
drake’s throat, and not only did 
she put out the fire, but she 
flowed on and on into the king’s 
room. 

Then the drake ran into the 
room and began to swim about 
on the water. 

And he sang louder than 
ever:— 

“ Quack, quack, quack, when 
shall I get my money back ? ” 

The king was so angry he did 
not know what to do with him¬ 
self. 

So he called to one of his 
servants and said:— 

“ Bring that wicked drake to me, 


THE TALE OF A DRAKE 


105 


and I will make an end of him. 
I will cut off his head.” 

When the drake saw the king 



with a knife in his hand, he 
said:— 

“Now my end has come.” 

And as a last chance, he called 
out his friends the wasps. 

















106 


THE TALE OF A DRAKE 


And they flew into the king’s 
face, and stung trim so much that 
the king ran to the window to 
jump out. 

But in his haste he fell into the 
street, and broke his neck and died: 

So this was the end of the king 
who did not take care of his 
money. 

Then the drake became master 
of the house. 

So he set to work to find his 
money, but he could not find it. 
The king had spent it all. 

Then the drake sat on the 
king’s throne. And when the 
people heard the news they all 
ran into the king’s house. 

And when they saw the proud 
drake seated on the throne, they 


THE TALE OF A DRAKE 


107 


all cried out in a loud voice: 
u God saA^e the king! ” 

And they put a crown of gold 
on the drake’s head. 

Thus after all his trials, the 
drake became a king. 

But he never forgot his kind 
friends—the fox, the ladder, the 
river and the Avasps. 


TWO IN A SACK 


WnAT a life that poor man led 
with his wife! 



Not a day went by, but she 
was cross with him, and very 
often beat him with her broom. 

One day when his wife had been 
very unkind to him, and had beaten 












TWO IN A SACK 


109 


him until he was black and blue 
all over, he went out into the 
fields, so that he might get a little 
peace. 

The man was not at all an idle 
man, so he spread out his net 
in the field to catch some birds. 

And what do you think he 
caught ? 

He caught a very big bird call¬ 
ed a crane. And the crane said to 
him:— 

“ I)o let me fly away, my good 
man.” 

“No, no, my dear bird,” said 
the man, “I will not let you fly 
away. . 

“ I will take you home with me, 
and then perhaps my wife will not 
be so cross.” 


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TWO IN A SACK 


“ All, no,” said the crane, “ yon 
come home with me to my 
house.” 



And so they both went to the 
crane’s house. 

When they got there, what do 
you think the crane did? 

Well, he took down a big sack 










TWO IN A SACK 


111 


from a nail on the wall, and lie 
said:— 

“ Two out of a sack! ” 

And at once two pretty little 
boys jumped out of the sack. 

They brought with them two 
little tables, and spread on them 
silk covers, and put on cakes, fruit 
and milk. 

The man ate as much as he 
could, and drank two glasses of 
milk. He felt very happy, and 
said to the crane 

“ This is lovely ! ” 

Then the crane said to the 
man:— 

“ Go home, and take this sack 
with you, and give it to your 
wife.” 

The man said, “ Thank you, my 


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TWO IN A SACK 


dear Crane.” So he took the sack 
on his back and set out. 

His home was a very long way 
off, and he got very tired. So he 
stopped to rest at the house of 
his aunt. 

Now his aunt put the supper 
on the table, but the man could 
not eat it. 

And he said, “Aunt, your sup¬ 
per is bad; clear it away.” 

And, taking out his sack, he 
said:— 

“ Two out of a sack! ” 

And out came the two pretty 
little boys. They brought out the 
little wood tables as before, put 
on the covers of silk, and spread 
out the cakes, fruit and milk. 

The aunt was so much pleased 


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113 


with the supper that she made up 
her mind to steal the sack. 



SO SHE SAID TO THE MAN: “YOU ARE VERY TIRED 


So she said to the man:— 

“You are very tired, and the 

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114 


TWO IN A SACK 


water in the bathroom is warm. 
Take a bath and lie down and 
rest yourself before you go 
home.” 

When the man was safe in the 
bathroom, she got a sack out of 
the cellar, just like the one the 
man had brought. 

Then she changed the two sacks, 
and took the man’s sack into the 
cellar, and locked the door. 

The man had his bath, and a 
good sleep. And then set otf 
home, with his sack. 

All the way home he sang to 
himself, for he felt very happy. 

As soon as he saw his house, 
he called out to his wife to come 
and meet him. 

But his wife called back:— 


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115 


“If you come here I will beat 
you with my broomstick.” 

The man hung clown his head, 
went into the house, and put his 
sack on the wall, and said:— 

“ Two out of a sack ! ” 

But no one came out of the 
sack. 

Then he said again:— 

“ Two out of a sack! ” 

But no one came out of the 
sack. 

Then his wife brought her wet 
broom and beat him so that the 
man ran again to the field and 
told his story to the crane. 

u Come back to my house,” said 
the crane, “ and I will help you.” 

And so they went again to the 
crane’s house. 


116 


TWO IN A SACK 


As soon as they got there, the 
crane took down a sack from the 
wall, and said:-— 

“ Two out of a sack! ” 

And two pretty lads jumped 
out of the sack, brought out the 
little wood tables, spread on them 
the silk covers, and put on cakes 
and fruit and milk. 

“ Take this sack,” said the crane. 

“ Thank you, my dear Crane. I 
shall never forget your kindness 
to me,” said the man. 

So he took the sack and went 
on his way. 

He had a long way to walk, 
and he began to feel tired and 
hungry. 

So he sat down by the wayside 
and he said to the sack:—- 


TWO IN A SACK 


117 


“ Two out of a sack ! ” 

And all at once two big men 
came out of the sack with big 
sticks in their hands. And they 
beat him well, until he said:— 

“ Two into a sack ! ” 

Then the two men ran back 
into the sack. 

The man now put the sack on 
his back, and went again to the 
house of his aunt. 

Tie hung up the sack on a nail 
in the wall. And he said :— 1 
“ Aunt, I am so tired. Do please 
give me a nice warm bath, like 
the one you gave me before when 
I came to see you.” 

And the man went into the 
bathroom, and he listened at the 
door. 


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TWO IN A SACK 



THE MAN WENT INTO THE BATHROOM, AND HE LISTENED AT THE 

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TWO IN A SACK 


119 


Then the aunt said :— 

“ Two out of a sack! ” 

And the two big men jumped 
out of the sack and beat the aunt 
until she began to cry. 

So the man came out of the 
bathroom, and said to the men:— 
“ Two into a sack ! ” 

Now the man took both sacks— 
the good one and the bad one, and 
went on his way home. 

When lie got near his house he 
called to his wife to come and 
help him with the sacks. 

But she only called back to 
him and said:— 

“If you come here I will beat 
you.” 

So the man went into his house 
and hung his sacks up on the wall. 


120 


TWO IN A SACK 


To the first sack he said:— 

“ Two out of a sack! ” 

And the two pretty boys came 
out of the sack. 

They brought out the two tables 
as before, put on the silk covers 
and spread out upon them the 
cakes, fruit and milk. 

The woman ate and drank as 
much as she could, for she was 
greatly pleased, and said:— 

“Well now, old man, I will be 
kind to you, and I will never beat 
you again.” 

When the man had done eating, 
he said:— 

“ Two into a. sack! ” 

So the boys went back into the 
sack. 

Then the man carried off the 


TWO IN A SACK 


131 


good sack and locked it up in the 
cellar. 



Then he went out into the yard. 
And his wife said to the bad 
sack:— 

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122 


TWO IN A SACK 


And out jumped the two big 
men with their big sticks. And 
they beat her so that she was 
black and blue all over. 

The woman called out, “ Old 
man! Old man! do come here 
quick, and help me. These bad 
men will kill me.” 

But lier husband only laughed, 
and said:— 

“ Yes, and I hope they will beat 
you well, old lady.” 

At last the man took pity on 
her, and said 

u Two into a sack! ” And the 
men went back into the sack again. 

From this time the man and his 
wife lived together in peace. It 
was pleasant now to see them so 
happy. And so the story ends. 








































THE MONKEY AND THE 
JELLY-FISH 


Little children often Yvonder why 
jelly-fish have no shells, as many 
other fish have that are washed 
up on the beach every day. 

In old times this was not so. 

The jelly-fish had as hard a 
shell as any of them. 

But he lost it through his own 
fault, as I will tell you in this 
story. 

The sea-queen, Oso, grew very ill. 

The biggest fish were sent to 
fetch the best doctors that could 
be found under the sea. 


124 THE MONKEY AND THE JELLY-FISH 


But the sea-queen grew worse 
and worse. 

Everyone had almost given her 
up, when one day a very wise 
doctor, much more learned than all 
the rest, came to see her. 

He said the only thing that 
could cure her was the heart of 
an ape. 

Now, apes, or monkeys do not 
live in the sea. 

So all the fish put their heads 
together to think how they could 
get the heart of an ape. 

At last the turtle, who, as we 
all know, is very wise, said he 
would swim to land and bring an 
ape into the sea. 

It was a very easy thing for 
him to say he would do this, but 


THE MONKEY AND THE JELLY-FISH 125 


it was not at all an easy thing 
to do. 

Well, this is what he did. 

He swam to a part of the shore, 
which was all covered with tall 
trees. 

Here, he knew the apes 
lived. 

For the turtle was old and 
wise, and knew many things. 

It was a long time before he 
caught sight of the monkeys. ' 

And he grew very tired of wait¬ 
ing for them. 

So one hot day he fell fast 
asleep. 

By and by some apes saw him, 
and they stole down very softly, 
and stood looking at him. 

They had never seen a turtle 


126 THE MONKEY AND THE JELLY-FISH 



AT LAST ONE VERY BOLD MONKEY STOOPED DOWN AND STROKED 

THE TURTLE’S HARD SHELL 

























































THE MONKEY AND THE JELLY-FISH 137 


before, and did not know what to 
make of it. 

At last one very bold monkey 
stooped down and stroked the 
turtle’s hard shell. 

And that soft stroke awoke the 
turtle. And he caught the mon¬ 
key’s hand in his mouth and held 
it fast. 

The monkey pulled with all his 
might. But he could not get his 
hand away. 

When the other apes saw this 
they began to scream, and they all 
ran away as fast as they could, and 
left their poor little brother fast in 
the turtle’s mouth. 

Then the turtle said to the mon¬ 
key 

“ If you will be quiet, and do 


128 THE MONKEY AND THE JELLY-FISH 

what I tell you, I will not hurt 
you. 

“ But you must get on my back 
and come with me.” 

The monkey did as he was bid, 
for he could not help himself be¬ 
cause his hand was still quite fast 
in the turtle’s mouth. 

When they got down to the sea 
the turtle got quickly into the wa¬ 
ter in great delight. 

And he swam faster than ever 
he had done before in his 
life. 

And thus he soon came to the 
queen’s house. 

When the fish saw that the tur¬ 
tle had brought the monkey, they 
shouted for joy. 

And they gave the monkey such 


THE MONKEY AND THE JELLY-FISH 129 


a kind welcome that he felt quite 
at his ease. 

Every now and then, the mon¬ 
key thought of his home, and* of 
his little brothers and sisters, 
whom he had left behind. 

When he thought of them, he 
felt very sad. 

And whenever he felt sad, he 
would hide himself in a dark 
corner, till the sad feeling passed 
away. 

He was in one of those fits of 
sadness when a jelly-fish swam 
by. 

At that time jelly-fishes had 
shells. 

As soon as the jelly-fish saw the 
poor monkey looking so sad he 
was filled with pity for him. 


130 THE MONKEY AND THE JELLY-FISH 

And he said, “ Poor Monkey, I 
am so sorry for you. In a few 



AS SOON AS THE JELLY-FISH SAW THE POOR MONKEY LOOKING SO 
SAD HE WAS FILLED WITH PITY FOR HIM. 


days the fish will kill you, and give 
your heart to the queen to eat.” 








































































THE MONKEY AND THE JELLY-FISH 131 


When the monkey heard this, 
he began to cry and scream, and 
he said: 

“ Oh, dear me! what wrong 
have I done that I should be 
killed ? ” 

“ Oh! ” said the jelly-fish, “ you 
have done no wrong, but our 
queen is very ill-, and your heart 
is the only thing that will cure her. 

“We Cannot get your heart un¬ 
less we kill you, so try and be 
brave about it, and do not be a 
baby and cry.” 

Then the jelly-fish swam away. 

At first the monkey felt as if 
his heart had been taken away 
from his body. 

Then he began to think and 
wonder how he could get away. 


132 THE MONKEY AND THE JELLY-FISH 

For a few days he acted as if 
he were as gay and. happy as 
before. 

But when the sun went down, 
and it was quite dark, he began 
to cry and howl until the day¬ 
light came. 

When it was light the turtle 
came to see what was the mat¬ 
ter. 

So the monkey told him that 
before he left home, he had hung 
his heart out on a bush to dry, 
and that if the rain came it would 
spoil it. 

A nd the monkey made a great 
fuss about it, and begged very 
hard that someone should carry 
him back to land to get it. 

So the queen talked the matter 


THE MONKEY AND THE JELLY-FISH 133 


over with the other fish, and they 
said:— 

“The best plan would be to 
send the turtle back with the 
monkey, to get his heart.” 

“But,” said the queen to the 
turtle, “be Sure you do not lose 
sight of the monkey for one mo¬ 
ment, or you may lose him .” 

“No, no,” said the turtle. “I 
will keep my eye upon him, you 
may be sure.” 

So the monkey went otf to land 
again on the turtle’s back, with 
very great joy. 

They set otf with great speed 
for the monkey’s home. 

And as soon as the monkey saw 
his little brothers and sisters in 
the trees, he sprang up onto the 


134 THE MONKEY AND THE JELLY-FISH 


nearest branch, and only just 
saved his hind leg from the mouth 
of the turtle. 



THEY SET OFF WITH GREAT SPEED FOR THE MONKEY’S HOME. 


When he told his brothers and 
sisters all the dreadful things that 
had happened to him, they all 
gave a loud cry. 












THE MONKEY AND THE JELLY-FISH 135 


Then they rushed at the poor 
turtle to kill him, and they tore 
off his shell and threw his body 
back into the sea without it. 

The poor turtle swam back to 
the queen’s house as best he 
could, for he felt very sad and 
very cold and ill. 

The queen was sorry for the 
turtle, and gave him another shell, 
for she said he had done his best. 

But the queen said, “The jelly¬ 
fish is the one to blame, for he 
told the monkey that we were 
going to kill him, so that we 
might get his heart.” 

And the queen said, “ In order 
to punish the jelly-fish for telling 
tales, he must go without a shell 
forever.” 


THE SUN-CHILD 


What I am going to tell you 
took place a long, long time ago. 

In a little house in a wood, 
there lived a poor woman who 
had no child. 

This made her feel very sad and 
very lonely. 

So one day when she saw the 
sun high up in the sky, she 
said 

“ Dear Sun, I do feel so sad, for 
I have no little child. 

“Do send me a little girl, to 
be all my own. 

“And when she is ten years 


THE SUN-CHILD 


137 


old, I will give her back again to 
you.” 

So, soon after this, the sun sent 
a little girl to the woman. And 
she called her Ray. And the 
woman loved Ray very much, 
and she took great care of her 
until she was ten years old. 

But one morning, Ray went 
down the lane to gather some 
pretty wild flowers for her mother, 
Ray loved the wild flowers, and 
so did her mother. 

And just as she had gathered 
a big bunch of daisies and violets, 
the sun came to her and said:— 

“Now, Ray, you are ten years 
old; you must go home and tell 
your mother that she must think 
of her promise to me.” 


138 


THE SUN-CHILD 


And Ray went home and told 
her mother what the snn had 
said to her. 

When the mother heard what 
the sun had told Ray, she felt 
very sad. 

Then the woman shut all the 
windows and doors, and she drew 
down all the blinds in the house, 
so that the sun could not find 
Ray to take her away. 

But the poor woman forgot to 
close up the keyhole. 

And into that little keyhole the 
sun sent a little sunbeam. 

And this little sunbeam caught 
up Ray and took her away in his 
arms to the sun. 

One day the sun sent Ray out 
for some straw. » 







THE SUN CAME TO HER AND SATD : *NOW, HAY, YOU ARE 
TEN YEARS Ol.D ! 


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THE SUN-CHILD 


131 ) 


But the little girl sat clown on 
the straw and began to cry for 
her mother. 

She stayed such a long time 



that the sun asked her when she 
came back why she had been so 
long away. 

And Ray said to the sun, “ My 






140 


THE SUN-CHILD 


shoes are so long I could not go 
faster.” 

Then the sun made the shoes 
shorter. 

On the next day the sun sent 
Ray for some water. 

And when she came to the 
spring she sat down and began to 
cry for her mother. 

Again she was so long away 
that the sun asked her why she 
stayed so long a time. 

“ My skirt is so long,” said Ray, 
u I could not go faster.” 

Then the sun cut her skirt and 
made it shorter. 

The sun sent her the day after 
that to bring him, a pair of 
shoes. 

When she came back the sun 


THE SUN-CHILD 


141 


said, “Ray, why are you so late 
home ? ” 

And Ray said, “ My red hood is 
too big for me. I could not go 
faster.” 

Then the sun made the red 
hood smaller. 

At last the sun saw that Ray 
was not happy, so he made up his 
mind to send her back again to 
her mother. 

And he sent for two little foxes, 
who lived in a wood close by, and 
I the sun said to them:— 

“ Little Foxes, will you take my 
Ray home to her mother for 
me ? ” 

“ Yes, why not ? ” said the 
foxes. 

“But what will you eat on the 



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THE SUN-CHILD 


way, for it is a long way to her 
home?” said the sun. 

“ Oh, we will eat Ray,” said the 
little foxes. 

So the sun gave them a frown, 
and sent them away, saying:— 

“ Oo away, you will not do.” 
Then he called two little hares, 
who lived under a bush down the 
lane. 

And he said to them:— 

“ Little Hares, will you take my 
Ray home to her mother for me ? ” 
“ Oh, yes,” said the hares, “ for 
we are sure she is not happy with 
us. We have often seen her cry¬ 
ing in the lane.” 

“Well, and what will you eat 
on the way ? ” said the sun to the 
hares. 


THE SUN-CHILD 


143 



THEN HE CALLED TO TWO LITTLE HARES, WHO LIVED UNDER A 

BUSH DOWN THE LANE. 


“ Oh, we can find plenty of 
grass to eat,” said the hares. 

































144 


THE SUN-CHILD 


“ Then take her home,” said the 
sun. 

“And take great care of her, 
for she is a dear good child.” 

So the hares set out upon their 
way, and Ray went with them. 

It was such a long way to Ray’s 
home that the hares began to feel 
very hungry. 

So they said, “Dear little Ray, 
we are very hungry. So while we 
eat a bit of grass for our dinner, 
you climb up into this tree, and 
eat your cake and rest yourself.” 

And Ray did as the hares told 
her to do. 

Just then a little old woman 
came out of a hut clo&e by. When 
she saw Ray up in the tree, she 
said :— . . . . . 


THE 


“Little Girl, 
come down and 
see what pretty 
shoes I have. 

“Come down 
at once! I am 
in a hurry, for 
my house is 
not swept.” 

“I will not 
come down,” 
said Ray; “go 
home, oid Wo¬ 
rn a n , and 
sweep your 
house.” 

Then the old 
woman went 
away and swept 
her house. 


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146 


THE SUN-CHILD 


But she soon came back again, 
and said:— 

“Little Girl, come down and see 
what a pretty apron I have for 
yon.” 

“If yon do not come to me, I 
will cut down the tree, and kill 
yon.” 

Then Ray called out:— 

“ Little Hares ! little Hares ! do 
come to me. This old woman 
says she will cut down the tree 
and kill me.” 

And the hares came back as 
fast as they could. 

Then Ray came down from the 
tree. And she got on to the 
back of one of the hares and 
they ran off as fast as ever they 
could. 


THE SUN-CHILD 


147 


The old woman ran after them, 
but the hares went so very fast 
that the old woman could not 
catch them, and they were soon 
out of sight. 

When Ray got nearly home, the 
old dog saw her. And he ran 
quickly to his mistress and said:— 

“ Bow, wow! see, our little Ray 
has come home.” 

But the mistress said “Hush! 
you bad Dog, you make me feel 
very sad.” And the poor mother 
began to cry. 

Then the cat on the roof of the 
house saw Ray, and she ran to her 
mistress and said:—- 

“Mew! mew ! see, our little Ray 
has come back.” 

But the mistress said:— 


148 


THE SUN-CHILD 


u Go away you bad Cat, you 
make me feel very sad” And 
again she began to cry. 



RAY GETS HOME SAFE AFTER ALL. 


Then the cock in the yard called 
out:— 

“ Cock-a-doodle-do ! See, Mis¬ 
tress, here comes our little Ray.” 






















THE SUN-CHILD 


149 


But the mother said, “ Be quiet, 
you make me feel so sad.” 

Soon the two hares came close 
to the house, and when the mother 
looked up, and saw her little Ray, 
she cried for joy. 

And she said, “Welcome home 
my little Ray of Sunshine. Come 
into the house and bring your little 
pet hares with you.” 

And so they all lived together 
ever after as happy as could be. 


TOADS AND DIAMONDS 


I 

There was once upon a time a 
lady who had two girls. 

They lived in a pretty little 
house just at the edge of a large 
wood. 

The elder was so much like her 
in the face, and in temper, that 
whoever looked upon the daughter 
saw the mother. 

They were both so proud and 
hateful that there was no living 
with them. 

The younger was just like her 


TOADS AND DIAMONDS 


151 


father for kindness and sweetness 
of temper. 

She was also one of the most 
lovety girls that ever was seen. 

As people are sure to love their 
own likeness, this mother was 
very fond of her elder daughter, 
and at the same time hated the 
younger. 

She made her eat in the kitchen, 
and always kept her hard at work. 

Among other things, this poor 
child was forced twice a day, to 
draw water more than a mile and 
a half from the house, and bring 
home a big jug full of it. 

One day, when she was at the 
well, there came to her a poor 
woman who begged of her to let 
her drink. 


152 


TOADS AND DIAMONDS 


“ 0 yes, with all my heart, 
Goody,” said this pretty little girl; 



and rinsing out the jug, she 
took up some water from the 
well. 

“Here it is,” said she, holding 





TOADS AND DIAMONDS 


153 


up the jug all the while that she 
might drink the easier. 

The good woman having drunk, 
said to her:— 

“You are so very pretty, my 
dear, so good and so kind, that 
I cannot help making you a 
gift.” 

Yow she was a fairy who had 
taken the form of a poor woman, 
to see how far the kindness and 
good manners of this pretty girl 
would go. 

“ I will give you for gift,” said 
the fairy, “that, at every word you 
speak, there shall come out of 
your mouth either a flower or a 
jewel.” 

When this pretty girl came 
home, her mother was cross with 


154 


TOADS AND DIAMONDS 


her for staying so long at the 
well. 

“ I beg your pardon, mamma,” 
said the poor girl, u for not mak¬ 
ing more haste.” 

And in speaking these words 
there came out of her mouth two 
roses, two pearls and two dia¬ 
monds. 

“ What is it I see there ? ” said 
her mother. “ I think I see pearls 
and diamonds come out of the 
girl’s mouth! How happens this, 
child?” 

This was the first time she had 
ever called her “ child.” 

The poor girl told her the 
whole story, but not without 
dropping out a great number of 
pearls. 


TOADS AND DIAMONDS 


155 


“I declare,” cried the mother, 
“ I must send my child there. 

“ Come here, Fanny; look what 
comes out of your sister’s mouth 
when she speaks. Would you not 
be glad, my dear, to have these 
given to you ? 

“ You have nothing else to do, 
but go and draw water out of 
the well, and when a poor woman 
asks you to let her drink, to give 
it her very kindly.” 

“ It would be a very fine sight, 
indeed,” said this ill-bred girl, “ to 
see me drawing water.” 

“You shall go!” said the mother; 
“and this minute.” 

So away she went, but angry 
all the way, taking with her the 
best silver jug in the house. 


156 


TOADS AND DIAMONDS 


II 

She was no sooner at the well, 
than she saw coming out of the 
wood, a lady wearing a most 
lovely dress, who came up to her, 
and asked for a drink. 

This was, you must know, the 
very same fairy who came to her 
sister, but had now taken the 
dress of a princess, to see how 
far this girl’s rudeness would 
go. 

“Am I come here,” said the 
proud, saucy girl, “to serve you 
with water, pray ? I suppose 
the silver jug was brought just 
for your ladyship, was it? How¬ 
ever, you may drink out of it, if 
you like.” 


TOADS AND DIAMONDS 


157 


“You are not over polite,” said 
the fairy, without getting angry. 
“ Well, then, since you have 



such bad manners, and are so un¬ 
kind, I give you for gift, that at 
every word you speak, there shall 
come out of your mouth a snake 
or a toad.” 











158 


TOADS AND DIAMONDS 


So soon as her mother saw her 
coming, she cried out: 

“Well, my girl?” 

“Well, mother?” said the pert 
girl, throwing out of her mouth 
two snakes and two toads. 

“ 0 dear ! ” cried the mother ; 
“ what is it I see ? It is that 
wretch, her sister who has done 
all this; but she shall pay for 
it ”; and away she ran to beat 
her. 

The poor child ran away from 
her, and went to hide herself in 
the wood not far away. 

The king’s son, who was just 
going home from hunting, met 
her, and seeing her so very pretty, 
asked her what she did there 
alone, and why she cried. 


TOADS AND DIAMONDS 


159 


“ Alas ! sir, my mamma has 
turned me out of doors.” 

The king’s son, who saw five 
or six pearls and as many dia¬ 
monds come out of her mouth, 
asked her to tell him why her 
mother had done this. 

So she told him the whole story; 
and the king’s son fell in love with 
her. 

He thought to himself; that such 
a gift was worth more than a great 
deal of money. So he led her to 
the palace of the king his father, 
and there married her. 

Her sister made herself so much 
hated, that no one, not even her 
own mother, would have anything 
to do with her, and at last she died 
very sad and alone. 























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CHATTY READINGS IN ELEMENTARY SCIENCE. 


Edited by A. Grace Gibson, Model Department, New York 
Training School for Teachers. 

Book I. i2mo. 124 page. $0.36. 

“ II. “ 132 “ .36. 

“ III. “ 186 “ .45. 

All the best known animals, both wild and tame, are studied, and 
in Book III., the leading feature is an interesting study of piant 
life. Each volume contains many illustrations. Some colored. 

The teaching of kindness to animals is now universally recognized 
as a part of every child’s education. Throughout these lessons the 
humane treatment of animals is unobtrusively but consistently in¬ 
culcated. Suitable for third or fourth year classes. 

LONGMANS HOUSEHOLD SCIENCE READERS. 

Lessons in Nature Study and Household Science. With many 
Illustrations. 133 pages and over 60 Illustrations. $0.42. 

This book is intended to provide reading matter to accompany 
the lessons in nature study and household science given in the third 
school year, with the hope, also, that the pictures of family life, 
relationships, and needs will foster in the child-readers a spirit of 
loving helpfulness in their homes. 

Some of the lessons may appropriately follow the study of the 
subjects or topics of which they treat; for example, “A Talk-About 
Bread-Seeds,” “Some Common Fruits,” and “ The Story of Salt.” 
Others may serve as introductions to practical lessons ; for example, 
“What the Little Ones Say,” “Living Seeds,” and “The Baby 
Sister.” 


A PICTORIAL GEOGRAPHICAL READER. 

i2mo. 170 pages, with 7 Colored Plates and 75 other Illustrations. 
$0.36. 

A class reader for the third grade to supplement the oral teaching 
of geography. It is written in simple colloquial style, and is in¬ 
tended to stimulate thought and arouse a keen interest in the work. 
A summary at the end of the lessons is provided as a help to the 
teacher. 


Supt. W. N. Hailman, Dayton, Ohio “ I congratulate you upon 
the character and make-up of these works. The text is good, and the illustra¬ 
tions are excellent. They will prove a valuable addition.” 


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SUPPLEMENTARY READING 


A selected list of Supplementary Reading 
Books adapted to the Higher Grammar 
Grades: 

BRASSEY’S Voyage in the “ Sunbeam.” By Lady 

Brassey. Adapted for School and Class Reading. With 37 Illus¬ 
trations and Map. i2mo. 384 pages. $0.75 

This is a story of a ten months’ cruise around the world, and is lull 
of interesting information about foreign lands. As a supplementary 
reading book and a means of teaching Geography it has proved very 
successful. 

DOYLE’S Micah Clarke: A Tale of Monmouth’s Re¬ 
bellion By A. Conan Doyle, Author of “ The Refugees,” etc., 
etc. Abridged and adapted for School Reading. With illustrations 
by H. R. Paget and H. R. Millar. 121110. 216 pages.$0.50 

HIGGINSON’S Young Folks’ Book of American Ex¬ 

plorers. By Thomas Wentworth Higginson. With Illustrations. 

i2mo. Cloth.|i 20 

8 Separate parts in paper covers.Each, $0.15 

LANG’S Blue Poetry Book. Edited by Andrew Lang. 

New Edition without Illustrations, for Use in Schools, with Lives ot 
the Authors of the Poems. (Adopted for use in the Boston Public 

Schools.) i6mo . $0.60 

“ The volume is, in short, a treasure-house of the best and noblest 
creations of poetic genius, and the children who read it can hardly 
fail to develop a taste for good literature.”— Christian at Work. 

LANG’S True Story Book. Edited by Andrew Lang. 

New Edition, with 22 Illustrations, for Use in Schools.$0.50 

LANG’S Red True Story Book. Edited by Andrew Lang. 

With 41 Illustrations by Henry J. Ford. For Use in Schools. .$0.50 

LODGE’S Boston. By Henry Cabot Lodge. 

(Historic Towns.) Second Edition. With two Maps. i2mo. $1.25 

LONGMANS’ “Ship” Literary Reader No. 5. 234 pages, 

Humorous Illustrations. Containing Stories from Blackmore, Bret 
Harte, F. Anstey, Mark Twain, Dickens, etc., and Poems of James 
Whitcomb Riley and others.$0.45 

LONGMANS’ “Ship” Literary Reader No. 6. 280 pages, 

Humorous Illustrations.$0.45 

A 24-page circular, descriptive of this new series of Readers, will 
be sent to anvone on request. 

ROOSEVELT’S New York. By Theodore Roosevelt. 

With 3 Maps. (Historic Towns!) i2mo.$1-25 

WITT’S The Retreat of the Ten Thousand. Translated 
by Francis Younghusband. With a Preface by H. G. Dakyns, 
M. A. With Route Map, 12 Full-page Plates, and 17 Illustrations in 

the Text. Cr. 8vo.$1.25 

WITT’S The Trojan War. Translated from the German 
by Francis Younghusband. Crown 8vo.$0.60 

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PARABLES 

FOR SCHOOL AND HOME 


By WENDELL P. GARRISON. With 
twenty-one wood-cuts by Gustav Kruell 
i2mo, cloth. 228 pages. $1.25 

T HIS book originated in a sense of the difficulty not 
merely of inculcating moral ideas, but of forming the 
habit of moral reasoning—that is, of fostering the growth 
of principle—in the young. A proper sub-title would be 
“ Brief Readings in Applied Morals.” It consists of twenty 
such readings actually delivered by the author in country 
schools, and afterward reported in writing by the pupils as 
an exercise in attention, memory, and expression. They 
were welcomed by the teachers, who regarded them as an 
adjunct in English instruction. They are also calculated to 
excite interest in history, geography, and biography. 

“ Delightful fifteen-minute chats. * * * They are all bright and readable, 
and are not marred by cant or goody-goodiness. They are the conversations 
of a gentleman with his sons and daughters. * * * It may be highly recom¬ 
mended to parents, guardians, and teachers wherever English is spoken. ’’ 

— N. Y. Mail a?id Express. 

It is quite as valuable in the home as in the school, and it will inculcate 
goodness in the child who reads, no matter what his age. The manner is quite 
original.* * * It treats of something that will interest the child while it will im¬ 
prove his mind ; and the too often aggressive and repellent moral, in works 
of its kind, is carefully and ingeniously concealed. ”— Harper's Magazine. 

“ This is a book of unusual excellence. * * * He skilfully avoids the ‘ goody- 
goody ’ tone of most moralists, who dress up the virtues so as to make them 
odious to healthy children. Each essay has one or more anecdotes, which 
ought to teach the moral the writer wishes to convey. Thus, in the course 
of the book, the child makes the ac quaintance of a good many historical per¬ 
sonages, he has his curiosity aroused on many elementary matters in art and 
science, and, above all, he has his reason constantly appealed to.” 

—Harvard Graduates’ Magazine. 


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